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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 1Age estimation
- 1Anthropology
- 1Baikal Archaeology Project Dissertations & Theses
- 1Bioarchaeology
- 1Cranial sutures
- 1Deciduous teeth
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Childhood is Biocultural: Refining Our Approaches to the Study of Children in Biological Anthropology
DownloadSpring 2024
Understanding the ontogenetic effects of biocultural factors present in an individual’s environment during childhood is essential to the accurate interpretation of lived experiences in past populations. This period of life is critically important for physical and social development, and is...
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Critical analysis of the factors affecting the "cranial suture aging method" using the Hamann Todd Collection
DownloadFall 2014
Cranial suture closure has been regarded as an unreliable method for age estimation due to the large amount of variability in the commencement, progression and termination of fusion. A preliminary study done on the J.C.B. Grant Collection (University of Toronto; Toronto, Ontario) showed that...
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Fall 2016
Weaning and early childhood diet offer insight into resource availability and resource choice as well as cultural prescriptions of agency, normalcy, and health in early life. Weaning practices are the result of the interaction between biological, ecological, and cultural factors. When weaning is...
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Fall 2021
The degree of diaphyseal curvature in the human tibia has been shown to significantly correlate with activity levels in archaeological populations. Specifically, tibial anteroposterior curvature is greatest in physically active populations and decreases in less active populations. Interestingly,...
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The Ontogeny of Postcranial Robusticity and Shape in Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Hunter-Gatherer Populations
DownloadSpring 2018
This dissertation investigates changes in bone robusticity and shape from birth to young adulthood in Middle Holocene (~7,500- 3,700 years cal BP) Cis-Baikal hunter-gatherer populations. First, how biomechanical properties change with age throughout the upper and lower limb is evaluated. Second,...